Coal in Western New Guinea
Not only has British New Guinea been proved to contain auriferous deposits, but coal has teen found there by Sir William Macgregor. Sir William, in one of bis exploring trips,…
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The Gold Yield for 1893
It appears that the depression of 1893 has not been without its uses, as the figures relative to the gold yield of the colony for the year will show. The quantity won…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold on Our Ocean Beaches
With reference to the beach mining prospects of New South Wales, Mr. H. Wickes (who for many years has been getting payable gold in the black sand between our northern rivers) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tricks of Ancient Gold Workers
There is a papyrus which give recipes for various alloys used in the manufacture of cups and vases, for making gold and silver ink, for gilding and silvering and for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Important Gold Discovery Near Tallangatta
MELBOURNE, Friday.âConsiderable excitement prevailed at Tallangatta, owing to a discovery made on Tuesday by a young man named Isaac Mucklin. While opossum…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Opinions and Assays
PETIT POIS.—The two pieces are part and parcel of the same lode, but one (the light-weighing one) is cellular, or "spongy quartz." The other (the heavy one) is "pyrites." It may be iron pyrites pure aud simple, or…
Continued on Trove, page 671 →Late Mining. Milton
A number of claims have been pegged out at Murramurang, about 15 miles from here, where operations are being carried on in obtaining gold from black sand there. With the use of machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 641 →The Cremorne Coal. an Expert's Report
LONDON, March 30.— Mr. Harper, of Sydney, has reported that the working of the co[?]seam discovered by boring at Cremorne, Sydney, will be easier than that of the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade. the Corrimal Dispute Settled
WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The difficulty at the Corrimal Colliery has been settled. The men were paid their wages yesterday and resumed work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of a Contract and Discharge of Miners
SINGLETON, Friday.--The loss of the contract for supplying the railway north of Singleton with coal by the local company will cause a number of men at Rix's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wyalong Gold Field. Discontinuation of Leasing
Mr. J. Cook, M.L.A., Lithgow, has prepared a petition for presentation to Mr. T. M. Slattery, Minister for Mines, requesting him to consider the advisability of disallowing leases on the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →West Australian Exploration. the New Gold Fields
"West Australian Exploration and Gold Fields" was the title of a lecture delivered by Mr. Ernest Giles, the well-known explorer, at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Friday night, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold at Glyde River. an Alluvial Field. Alluvial Gold at Brooman. (From Our Special Correspondent.)
NELLIGEN, March 26— Your representative interviewed Mr. Samuel Clugston, of Brooman Farm, Clyde River, as to the recently-reported find of gold. He acknowledged having found a…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Grafton— March 26: The Sir Walter Scott Mine, Cangai, upon which some £ 4000 has been expended, was granted three months' suspension last weet in order to erect additional machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales
Carcoar— March 22: Mining operations in this district continue very brisk; several parties are raising excellent stone. Richard Kind and party on their lease at Flyer's Creek have struck…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Mining on Private Lands Bill
A DEPUTATION, introduced by Mr. Sharp, M.P., waited on Dr. MaeLaurin, M.L.C., on Wednesday night and presented to him a number of suggestions for amendments ia she Mining on Private…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Monte Christo Diamond Mining Company
LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Glenny is forming the Monte Christe Diamond-mining Company, Bingara, (N.S.W.), with a capital of £250,000. Captain lingers is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The John Jerger's Gold Saving Machine. Statutory Declaration
"I, William Linegar, of Harden, N.S.W., do hereby solemnly, and sincerely declare that I have placed in the John Jerger's Gold Saving. Machine 3dwt of gold in a dish of washdirt; and,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coolgardie News. a Strike of Miners. Fresh Discoveries. PERTH
The latest news from Coolgardie is to the effect that miners there have struck for a reduction of working hours from 48 to 47 hours a week. Owners are disinclined to…
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